Improvement in grates



R. E. DEANE.

Grate.

No. 215,212, Patented May I3, I879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROYAL E. DEANE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IM PROVEMENT IN GRATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,212, dated May 13,1879; application filed July 3, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROYAL E. DEANE, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented, made, and applied to use Improvements in theConstruction of Grates; and that the following is a full, clear, andcorrect description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making part of this specification, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, in which Figure 1 is a sectional view of myimprovement in grates through the line w w of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a topview of my improvement in grates. Fig. 3 is a detail view of thetripping device for dumping the grate.

In the drawings like parts of the invention are designated by the sameletters of reference.

The nature of the present invention consists in improvements in theconstruction of grates, as more fully hereinafter set forth, whichrelate more particularly to grates intended for use in cooking-ranges;the object of the invention being the production of a grate so hung inthe range or stove in which it may be placed that, when dropped from thehorizontal position it occupies when used to support the fuel, it shalloccupy a position diagonal to the portion of the rangeor stovesupporting it, and thus more readily free itself from the clinkers andunconsumed portion of the fuel than if hung in the ordinary manner, and,further, that by combining with a grate so constructed a tripping-lever,the operation of dumping and freeing the grate can be expeditiouslyperformed.

Grates as at present made are hung from the front, rear, or sides of theportion of the range supporting them, and the tendency of the unconsumedfuel or clinkers is to a certain extent to prevent the grate from beingexpeditiously and thoroughly relieved from it or them, engaging, as theynecessarily do, with the fire-linin gs.

grate has been applied, and B shows the portion of therangeforsupporting the samein thehorizontal position. At one corner of thesame is placed a pocket, b, and diagonally, or nearly so, to this pocketis placed a second pocket, b intended to receive the journals 0 0 forsupporting the grate G.

C shows the grate, made in the usual manner, and provided at the cornerswith journals 0 c projecting diagonally to the grate, as shown. From theunder side of the grate, and projecting beyond the same, is also placeda dog, d, engaging with the swiveled plate of metal D, having a portionof its surface cut away, to the lower portion of which is attached oneend of the tripping-lever E.

E shows a tripping-lever passed through an opening in the range A, theforward end of which is attached to the plate of metal D at its lowerportion, while its opposite end isprovided with a handle, by which thelever may be manipulated.

Such being the construction, the operation will be easily understood.The grate, having the journals 0 c placed relatively to it as shown, isplaced in the portion, B, of the range A intended to receive it, thejournals resting in the pockets 1) b and the dog d upon the swiveledplate D,to which is attached one end v grate, the grate may be returnedto the horizontal position by pressing upon the upper side of the grateand tipping it into position, or in any convenient manner. As the grateis raised the dog cl upon the same, secured as shown, passes by andforces out the plate D, and, after the shoe has passed the same, theplate falls into its former position, supporting the grate.

The advantages arising from a grate hung as shown are, that the gratewill, when necessary to dump or clean it, relieve itself more rapidlyand thoroughly of its contents, and that the parts of the rangeinunediately surrounding the grate are less apt to be clogged up withcinders, ashes. and unconsumed fuel than it the modes of hanging gratesnow in vogue were resorted to.

While I have shown the journal 0' placed nearly diagonal to the journal0, I have chosen this position for the journal 0 as preferable.

I am well aware that the journal 0 may be placed in the corner of thegrate, so as to be exactly,' diagonal to the journal 0, Without changingthe nature of the invention or the object sought to be accomplished,that the grate whendumped shall he diagonahor nearly so, to the portionof the range supporting it.

ROYAL E. DEANE.

In presence of A. SIDNEY DUANE, P. J. KEATING.

